ava'smomRN

hello i am a new grad in a pacu at a level1 trauma center. i was offered the positon after doing an externship there. i wouldnt discourage a new nurse from starting in the PACU, i think its a great place to learn assessment and monitoring skills. dep...

i would say practice questions, know your labs, never call the doctor or anyone else first! there is always something the nurse can do before calling someone. always "stay with the patient" assess before implenmenting where appopriate. and most impo...

hey guys! sorry i havent been around. i have been a lot busier with work than i thought i would be. i started my new job on 2/11 and its been going well. i have a lot of class time which makes it tough, because i end up working 5days/ week. is there...

thanks for the inspiring post! its always nice to hear from someone who loves their job in nursing. i started my position in feb. i worked as an aide/extern in the PACU before starting as a nurse. i am not hardly as excited as you are, becasue i know...

Hello, I am a december grad!!!!!! I am nopt sure when I will be able to take the NCLEX, but I am anticipating it being febuary or march. I know there are more of us out there so I figured I would start a thread for us. i noticed the nov. dec, jan, t...

yeah, i think you would hold it and notify md.

it wasnt bad, i did just fine:) thanks everyone

julz- "breathe in through you nose and out through your mouth", i know its almost impossible but try to do something to occupy your time. your nclex is over and you studied hard, so now its your time to celebrate that its over. hang in there:) igimi...

hey guys, just checking in:)

Hello, I graduated 12/07 took boards on 2/1 and passed with 75 questions. I will be working in the recovery room:)

I knew you would pass! Congrats!!!!

hey, it seems lots of people get 75 questions and feel the same as you. so far, from what i have read everyone passed, myself included:D

[color="lime"excellent! congratulation's:d:d:yeah:!!!!! its a great feeling!

sounds like an excellent program! mine is similar, but only in class for 16weeks and we dont get to rotate through departments. best of luck to you~!

sweet!

hi, its Miss JKM. i changed my username to be more descriptive of who i am:)

good luck julz!

thanks guys! so, i got two different answers??? i guess it doesnt matter to most, but it does to me. I worked hard for my BSN and its a big deal to me. I will use it whenever I can:)

you have to go to the "my account tab" then select edit email and log in

Sweet!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!:w00t::balloons::balloons::balloons: looks like someone is going to have to change their screename;)

yeah, i guess i do! i will have to come up with something...

hi, my trainer scores were never great. i did trainers 1,2,3, &7. i think the highest i got was 64%. like the previous poster I used qbank and focused on my weak areas. I would do about 30-50 questions a day. oh yeah, i passed the NCLEX with 75qu...

that's cool. my DH just to boards to become a respiratory therapist. he received his results right after the exam. I was so jealous. anywho, I think it is a live person receiving the results and then posting the licesne to the website. some states ar...

hello New Nurses! I am a new grad, december 07!!!! I am a little frustrated with my school of nursing because they arent allowing us to take boards until after taking a review course. I feel like I am just at a standstill, we cant even work a s GN's....